Social Organization and Mating System of Macaca Fascicularis (Long Tailed Macaques)

Shahrul Anuar, Karim ullah

Abstract

Long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are organized into multi-male/multi-female groups have a stronghierarchical ties with each others. The data collected in present study was random and continuous sampling data.It was depicted from present study that the alpha male exhibit significant dominance for the behaviour offighting (p<0.05), eating (p<0.05) and grooming (received) (p<0.05). Other behaviours grooming (given),attacking and protection were observed higher in beta male. Furthermore, the male and female socialrelationships were also assessed and compared to the other members of the group. The behaviors of males wasfound significant for the aggression (p<0.028), approach (p<0.002) and reconciliation (p<0.01), while observedsignificant difference in the behavior of grooming (p<0.012), biting (p<0.016), sex (p<0.031), submission(p<0.004) and baby care (p<0.01) in females respectively. It is concluded that the Macaca fascicularis bound inhierarchical system and mating structure showed that the male and female mate with multiple partnerssuggesting that mating is composed on polyandry and polygamy.

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